Are we getting necrotizing soft tissue infections right? A 10-year review

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 468-472

  Proud, David ^a   Bruscino Raiola, Frank ^a   Holden, Dane ^a   Paul, Eldho ^b   Capstick, Robert ^a   Khoo, Amy ^c  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fournier's gangrene; Necrotizing fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEBRIDEMENT; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 84901849350     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ans.12412     Document Type: Article

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